Journey to the West / Monkey / Hsi Yu Chi by Wu Ch'eng-en
Wu Ch'eng-en's version of Journey to the West, written in the 1500's, should definetly be considered public domain, I'd believe. If anyone could post a translation up here, it would be great. That one story is the basis for much of the eastern stories we see in Anime, Manga and other things. It's definetly a classic that should be in any classic literature collections - and I'm amazed I haven't been able to find it anywhere on the web.
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Ryan Fenton
Monkey King -- Journey to the west
I love this great Chinese work. We were familiar with the stories before we read the book. Even now in China, especially in the rural areas, both adults and children are fascinated by the Monkey King, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong.
Whether the book was written by Wu Cheng'en remains a doubt. In my opinion its authorship goes to a fmous Taoist, Qiu Chuji of Ming Dynasty.
Does anyone have an electronic copy of this book (in English)? I have several volumes of different edition in chinese. And I want to better my English through reading an English one.
Isaac
What literature website is this?
Without "The Journey to the west" this website is hardly a website, on the other hand, with "The Journey to the west", this website will attract even more viewers.